More bike-sharing systems are on the drawing board for 2014. Most notably for the Pacific Coast, systems are on track for Seattle, Portland, Sacramento.

The Seattle system, dubbed Puget Sound Bike Share for now, received City Council approval last fall and is searching for a corporate sponsor. The latest news from the system’s executive director puts the system on schedule for a launch this spring.

Weather closures

Last week’s heavy snow across the Midwest and East Coast caused several bike-sharing systems to cancel operations for a few days.

Chicago’s Divvy and Boston’s Hubwayboth close late last week because of the snowstorm.

“Given what some forecasters are calling “life-threatening” wind chills, we feel it is appropriate to suspend service for the safety of our riders and our staff. … As with our first closure late last week, we’ll re-open the system once conditions are safe and stations are operational.”

The Divvy staff expects the system to remain open most days this winter, noting that people took 45,000 trips in December.

The CoGo Bike Share in Columbus also closed its 30 stations on Sunday because of the Arctic cold sweeping the region. “Due to the life threatening windchill forecast for Sunday … and Monday…, we will not be digging out snow-bound B-stations until conditions are safe for B-cycle staff to be working outside.”

Citibike in New York City chose not to close down the system, but urged members to follow the traffic advisories and stay off the roads unless absolutely necessary.

Another large bike share system in the north — Nice Ride in Minneapolis-St. Paul — simply closes at the end of November and reopens in April.